Device for operating haul seines



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W I TNESSES ARTHUR YANCEY, OF NEW' ORLEANS, LOUISIANA.

.Y Application filed October 5,

To allwzomz't may concern.' Y Y VBe it known; that L AR'r'i-IUR YANCEY, a

citizen of the UnitedStates of America, residing at New Orleans,-' 1n' the parishV of Orleans and State of Louisiana,'have invent- Y ed certain new and useful Improvements in Devices for Gperating aulvSeines, of whichV the yfollowing is` af specification. The invention-relates to apparatus for controlling the lead-lines to close the seine,while the wings'are'being hauled and landed."

' 'lf-he main object ofthe` invention is to pro- .vide` an arrangement of horizontal guides,

vertical guides, and a support; which, when the seine is being hauled, will bring the leadlines 'completely together on'the bedV ofithe water and directpthern so towards the sur-Y face; cooperating to dispense( entirely withV need for"c barriers etoi, heretofore employed to complete the closure, arms nete.,

lformerly used' toV hold the l boatY and closing device in operativeV vposition `*'together, and

' locking??v devices Aheretofore `deemed preferable oi-essential'to'retain the lead-lines.

VOther Vobjects and advantages will 'appear from thefollowin'g." f l i *i A simple form'of theinvention is illus` trated in' .the accompanying drawings: e

' F igrl is a plan view, showing' the improved apparatus `closing the seine, while'the wings are being hauled and' A'landed on the seine boat. Parts have been omitted'to simplify the drawing. Y' Y Fig. 2 is an enlarged plan view of the closing device. Part ofthe lead-line Vof the right wing of the seine is shown with the-net and indicate tackle for lowering and raising cer-V tain hereinafter described parts from and to theboat. A

Angles indicated by the dotted lines 8 and 9 include various directions from which the lead-lines may lead when the wings drift in currents, while the. seine is being hauled. y

The seine boat l0 is represented as having v cast the seine around the shoal to be taken,

with the right and left wings, respectively ll and 12, provided with the usual lead-lines Y ready 'to be e hauled;

nnvicnnon OPERATING Henn 'seinesv Y l I Specification cfe'ttersPatent; Y Patented Aqui, 1S, 1922, ieiaseiaiira-257,039; neneweaivrarchfie, 1922. serial No'. 544,391; Y

lla and 12a,l drawn together, the closingde- *vicev 13 .low'eredto the bed of the water, the

davit 14 in position, and parts of the seine 'The loop ofthe seine surrounding "the shoal and the bag usually provided to receive thev catchihave been omittedto simplify the drawing.V I

The closing device includes* a support, which, due toits shape, isfainiliarly known among the fishermen as the Y horseshoe. 0f

this, thejmember l5 vcomprises a' h'eavymetallic band, and the member-16 extends, into the open space f of: the rjhorseshoef7 Mounted* on the supportY aforesaid fare a' pair of'angularly'disposed horizontal rollers 'i7 and 18,:and two pairs "of vertical rollersjl) and `2O`and 2l and 22. VThe horizontal rollers are y'arranged to operate centrally over'. the

openY space ofi'the horseshoe with `their vunder surfaces close to thebed of the'wa'ter. A' i One roller-of yeach of the verticalg guide the lead-line of the seine as far as alineinent on the support will ',-permit, independent ofthe size'y of thelead-li'ne.

The aforesaid'outer member of the horseshoe, the metallic band l5, is weighted or balanced sol that` the support will maintain` a substantially;horizontal position if, it shouldwbe lifted-A frorn'the bottomwhile the seine isA being hauledf. 1

ln operation, the lead-line of 'ach'wing of the seine passes between the rollers of oneof the vertical pairs and under the corresponding roller of the 'horizontal pair.

l Y l pairs isip'o-"i sitionedto operate onvtlhe,insideofthe-net, f.

and 'onefon the outside, each I being alined to v80 p tothe correspending horizontal roller, and-*either being spaced apart from the other roller of its pair OO 417i Engagement of the lead-lines with thevertical rollers is maintained by the mere weight of the lead-lines independent of the v space between the rollers or size of the leadline; Vand engagement of the lead-lines with the horizontal rollers isV maintained. by the weightedcr' balanced support, so that if the ylat-ter should be llifted* partly or entirelyV from thebottom or bed of the water when the seine is vbeing hauled, the rollers will always vrbemaintained in operative positioiu and the lines cannot unship.,

Freev way for the passa-ge of objects, such as shells, sea-weed, etc., collected frorntthe' b ed of the water in thefolds of the net, is

provided in the Ywide space between thev roll- A ers of each ofthe vertical'pairsand adjacent to and under the horizontal rollers as described above.

Internal construction of the horizontal rollers is shown at 23 and of the vertical rollers at 24.

For convenience in lifting the closing device, an eye-bolt is provided at 25.

.Supports for the davit include the socket 26 and the arm 27, the latter being provided with dowels 2S and 29 removably held by the support 30 secured to the sidev of the seine boat. r'he davit should be revolubly supported by the arm and socket to provide for lifting the closing device in and out of the boat, and held in position by the pin 3l, when it is so desired.

.Rollers 32 and '33 are mounted on the arm aforesaid to guide the lead-lines into the boat.

Standing room for the operators between the lead-lines. is provided by the angular disposition of the aforesaid rollers.

To operate a 200 fathom seine to best advantage, at least `four men arev required. @ne should be stationed to haul the lead-line of the right wing at Si and one on the cork line of the right wing at 35, another should haul the lead-line of the left wing at 3G and the other should haul the cork line of the left wing at 37.

rhe seine is paid out around the vshoal and the wings are brought together in the usual manner.

The closing device is then lifted with the tackle and is swung over the side of the seine boat.

The lead-lines are placed in the free way between the vertical rollers and under the horizontal rollers as shown and the closing device is lowered to the bottom while the lead-lines are tautly held.

lVith the lead-lines over the rollers on the boat as shown in Fig. l, the seine is ready to be hauled.

'iauling the lead-lines tends to keep the guide rollers on the boat vertically over the closing device on the bottom, but the position shown in the drawing may be maintained by using alight anchor and bridle, the iines being secured to fastenings indicated at ae and 39. y

The seine may be hauled to the boat or the boat and closing device may be drawn to the seine. In either case, when the wings are entirely drawn in, the catch will be forced into the bag usually provided in the middle of haul-seines to receive it.

After the closing device is raised, the leadlines disengaged from the guides and the catch removed lfrom the seine bag, that part of theJ seine landed forward of the davit is to be shifted aft, when the seine will be ready for recasting.

Having lfully describedone form of my invention, claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent, combinations including all of the same or equivalent elements as are contained in the subject of the following claim:

A seine closing device including a support having an opening, weighted or balanced to maintain an operative position when the seine is hauled; a pair of angularly disposed guides supported over the opening and adapted to guide the leadlines together and direct them so' towards the surface of the water; and two guides alined to Veach of the aforesaid angnlarly disposed guides, one arranged to operate inside of the net, and one outside, either being widely separated from the other, independently of the diameter of the lead-line, to provide free way therebetween for objects collected in the "folds of the net when the seine is hauled.

ARTHUR YANCEY.

Witnesses,

A. GIFFEN LEITZ, JOHN O. Striesen. 

